OPEN LETTER FROM ACADEMICS IN COLOMBIA AND AROUND THE WORLD
Given the lack of action by the Colombian government to prevent the escalation of violence in the country
Bogotá, DC, Colombia, May 21, 2019
the Lord
Ivan Duque Marquez
President of the Republic of Colombia
Academics from Colombia and around the world are deeply concerned about the threats, judicial persecution, and assassinations of social leaders, former combatants, and human rights and environmental defenders in Colombia. According to the Center for Research and Popular Education (CINEP)/Peace Program, in 2018, within the category of political violence, there were 648 murders, 1151 death threats, 304 injuries, 48 attacks, 22 forced disappearances, three sexual assaults, and 243 arbitrary detentions. So far in 2019, at least 62 social leaders have been murdered.
In light of these events, we declare ourselves outraged by the government's lack of recognition of this situation and demand substantive actions to prevent this continuous and systematic bloodshed, as well as further regrettable incidents such as the attack on May 4 against Francia Márquez and other leaders in northern Cauca.
We observe that, from the places of governmental power and the media, an escalation of hatred and violence is incited that breaks the little peace achieved, but even more, as Daniel Pécaut (2001) points out, a war is declared against society.
Throughout our academic work on local, regional, and international dynamics, we have observed that territories of geopolitical interest become focal points that fuel the escalation of conflicts due to extractive expansion. We have identified perverse links between legal and illegal forces that expel populations from their territories, highlighting the same relationships described by scholars such as Sassen (2015), Harvey (2004), Escobar (2014), and defense analyst Herold (2007), among others, regarding the expulsion, depopulation, and dispossession of territories to advance large-scale accumulation through extractive projects.
In Colombia, this situation is evident in relation to economic policies that promote extractive industries as the cornerstone of development. This encourages and facilitates the takeover of territories by powerful sectors representing diverse interests, leading to an escalation of assassinations against leaders who defend the rights of local communities and peoples. This has been a long-standing reality, but its impact has intensified since the signing of the peace agreements with the FARC-EP in 2016, contradicting the intended goals of territorial peace.
The above allows us to infer that the cause of threats and murders is related to the interests of various sectors in the territories where large-scale extractive activities are planned, which coincides with the accounts in transitional justice processes, truth clarification, and in Constitutional Court rulings, such as that of Alto Andágueda, which lead to the conclusion of the relationship of human rights violations with these activities.
Recurring phrases in threatening messages such as: "eliminate anyone who stands in the way of development in the country", place the inhabitants as a military target, because many of them, represented by their leaders, oppose extractive projects, seeking to avoid negative impacts on ecosystems and populations.
For this reason, we are struck by the abandonment of this phenomenon of threats, judicial persecution and murders by both state institutions and the mainstream press, but at the same time, they do not hesitate to point out and stigmatize social protest, social leadership activities and opposition to government policies.
It is troubling that you, as head of state, only spoke out after an attack on Francia Márquez, an internationally recognized leader and Goldman Prize winner, who was with a prominent group of leaders—an event that garnered international attention. Your government fails to allow us to understand what efforts are being made to address this grave crisis. We observe that the measures taken so far are insufficient and limited to precarious security measures and a search, often fruitless, for the perpetrators, without investigating the phenomenon in its entirety to identify the masterminds and the sectors behind this strategy of dispossession and extermination.
As academics, we ask that, in your capacity as head of government, you order a thorough, transparent, and public investigation to reveal what is truly happening in the face of these circumstances that grieve us daily.
At the same time, given the lack of action by your government and the magnitude of the problem, we consider it necessary and urgent that international entities such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International organize verification commissions and in-depth investigations on the matter, so that we can have truthful information that will allow us to prevent new cases and bring justice for the events that have already occurred.
For our part, we hope that you will recognize that we are at a historic moment in which it is possible to change the course of the national economy and social policy, towards an option of protecting life and the environment with benefits translated into a good life for future generations.
We invite you to respond openly to this letter and tell us what progress has been made and what decisions have been made to prevent this bloodshed, as well as what new measures are being taken to clarify this painful and unprecedented humanitarian situation. Awaiting your response, the undersigned will continue to strive for world peace, for comprehensive territorial peace—a peace longed for everywhere in the world and especially in this suffering Colombia.
Copy to: His Holiness Pope Francis, Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty International.
National Academics
Alberto Múnera Duque, SJ
Professor – Researcher
Faculty of Theology
Pontifical Javeriana University, Bogotá DC
Arturo Escobar
Professor of Anthropology Emeritus
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
Adira Amaya Urquijo
Research professor
– Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Aida Cecilia Gálvez Abadía (PhD)
Retired Full Professor.
University of Antioquia
Medellin Colombia)
Aída Julieta Quiñones Torres
Professor, Department of Information Science
Faculty of Communication and Language, Pontifical Javeriana University, Bogotá DC
Adolfo Albán Achinte
Teacher
Department of Intercultural Studies
Faculty of Human and Social Sciences
University of Cauca
Alexander Rincón Ruiz.
Professor
School of Economics.
National University of Colombia
Alfredo Luis Menéndez Echavarría
Professor, Department of Information Science
Faculty of Communication and Language
– Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Alirio Cáceres Aguirre (DP)
Researcher
Ecotheology
Alix Vanegas
Professor at Antonio Nariño University
Álvaro Díaz Gómez
Full Professor, Technological University of Pereira,
Director of the Political Studies Research Group
Ana Patricia Noguera de Echeverri
Full Professor and Emeritus
Department of Human Sciences
Senior Researcher
Director of the Research Group on Environmental Thought, COLCIENCIAS “A”
National University of Colombia, Manizales campus
Angela Esmeralda Hincapié Gómez
PhD in Social Sciences
Pontifical Bolivarian University, Medellín, Colombia
Augusto Velásquez Forero
Full-time lecturer at the University of Cauca,
Department of Economic Sciences, Professional Program in Economics,
Director of the Department of Economic Sciences FCCEA
PhD in Social Sciences UNA Costa Rica Central America, Postdoctoral studies in "Geopolitics, Geostrategy and Geoeconomics", from the University of Zulia, Maracaibo Bolivarian Republic of our persecuted Venezuela.
Axel Rojas.
Teacher
Department of Anthropology
University of Cauca.
Blanca Lucia Valencia Molina
Social worker
Peace with Dignity
Camila Esguerra Muelle
Researcher
Thinking Institute
Pontifical Javeriana University, Bogotá
Carmenza Castiblanco Rozo,
Professor/Researcher
Institute of Environmental Studies IDEA
National University of Colombia, Bogotá
Carlos Eduardo Martínez Hincapié
Research professor
Director of the Master's Program in Peace, Development and Citizenship
UNIMINUTE
Carlos Torres
Professor – Researcher
Pontifical Javeriana University, Bogotá
Catalina Toro Pérez
Professor/Researcher
National University of Colombia, Bogotá
CLACSO Working Group on Political Ecology
Cesar Alfaro Mosquera D.
Dean of the Faculty of Arts
University of Cauca.
Cielo Quiñones Aguilar.
Professor
Socio-Cultural Design Research Group.
Design Department.
Pontifical Javeriana University, Bogotá
Claudia Tovar Guerra
Researcher at the Social Ties and Cultures of Peace Group
Professor, Faculty of Psychology
Pontifical Javeriana University, Bogotá
Claudia Pilar García
Professor
Research group: Communication, media and culture
Faculty of Communication and Language
– Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Clemencia Del Pilar Correa
Aluna Director – Psychosocial Support
Cristóbal Gnecco Valencia
Department of Anthropology
University of Cauca
Daniella Alejandra Ramírez Paz,
Ecologist and Political Scientist graduate
– Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Darío Muñoz Onofre
Professor, Faculty of Psychology
Researcher at the Social Ties and Cultures of Peace Group
– Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Esteban Correa García.
University of San Buenaventura, Colombia
Fabian Mendez,
Full Professor.
School of Public Health,
University of Valle, Colombia
Flor Edilma Osorio Pérez,
Full Professor, Faculty of Environmental and Rural Studies,
Pontifical Javeriana University, Bogotá.
David L. García León, PhD.
Assistant Professor
Department of Languages
– Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Associate Editor
RESLA Spanish Journal of Applied Linguistics
Spanish Journal of Applied Linguistics
David Morinelli
Ecologist graduate
– Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Diana Patricia Lucio Arias,
Assistant Professor,
– Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Eduardo A. Rueda Barrera
Associate Professor
Institute of Bioethics
Gabriel García Acosta.
Associate Professor, School of Industrial Design.
Mimapro Group.
National University of Colombia.
Gabriel J. Tobón Quintero
Professor-Researcher
Pontifical Javeriana University.
Research Group. Conflict, Region and Rural Societies.
Pontifical Javeriana University.
Gloria Patricia Zuluaga.
Associate Professor.
National University, Medellín Campus
Gloria Stella Barrera Jurado
Professor
Socio-Cultural Design Research Group
Design Department
Pontifical Javeriana University, Bogotá.
Guillermo Rico Reyes
Freelance journalist and writer
Author of eight books on the Colombian conflict
Gregorio Mesa Cuadros
Full Professor, Department of Law
Faculty of Law, Political Science and Social Sciences
National University of Colombia
Director of the Research Group on Collective and Environmental Rights – GIDCA
Harold Mauricio Casanova Garzón
Professor, Department of Languages
Faculty of Communication and Language
Pontifical Javeriana University, Bogotá
Helberth Choachi.
Lecturer at the National Pedagogical University.
Hernando Llano Ángel
Professor.
Department of Legal and Political Science
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Cali
Irma Alicia Flores Hinojos
Associate Professor
Faculty of Education
Universidad de los Andes
Isabel Cristina Tobón Giraldo, PhD
Professor
Pontifical Javeriana University, Bogotá, Colombia
Jairo Ernesto Luna García – National University of Colombia
Environmental and Occupational Health Group
Interfaculty PhD in Public Health
Jenny Paola Santander Durán,
Researcher at the Observatory of Environmental Conflicts,
National University of Colombia
Juan David Reina-Rozo. PhD(c)
Research Group on Technologies and Innovation for Community Development.
Juan Pablo Paz Concha.
Full Professor,
University of Cauca
Jairo Hernán Ortíz Ocampo
Lecturer, Political Science Program
University of Cauca
Professor of Political Theory and PhD candidate in Political Science at UCA (Catholic University of Argentina).
Jairo Roa Fajardo.
Teacher
Department of Mathematics.
University of Cauca
James Cuenca
Professor-Researcher
Department of Social Sciences
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Research group on Wellbeing, Work, Culture and Society.
Pontifical Javeriana University, Cali
Jhenifer Mojica.
Director of the Corporation for the Protection and Development of Rural Territories
Juan Carlos Gómez Daza.
Assistant Professor
BioNovo Group Researcher,
Faculty of Engineering. University of Valle
Juan Pablo Bermúdez González
Assistant Professor
Department of Languages
Pontifical Javeriana University, Bogotá
Fernando Enrique Barón Ramos
Teacher
– Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Faculty of Communication and Language, Bogotá
Jefferson Jaramillo Marín
Director of the Doctoral Program in Social Sciences and Humanities
Pontifical Javeriana University, Bogotá.
Jimena Andrade
Professor
Faculty of Arts
Pontifical Javeriana University, Bogotá
Juan Guillermo Ferro Medina
Teacher
Observatory of Ethnic and Peasant Territories
Faculty of Environmental Studies
Pontifical Javeriana University, Bogotá
Juan Jacobo Sarmiento Tovar
Professor at the Research Coordination,
Minuto de Dios University Corporation – UNIMINUTO.
Juan Moncayo
Professor/Researcher
Cooperative University of Colombia
Juan Ricardo Aparicio
Associate professor
Universidad de los Andes
Juliana Cepeda Valencia.
Part-time Lecturer, National University of Colombia
Juliana Flórez Flórez
Associate Professor-Researcher
Institute of Social and Cultural Studies Thinking
Pontifical Javeriana University, Bogotá
Julio Fierro Morales
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering.
National University of Colombia
Laura Gutiérrez Escobar
Postdoctoral researcher
Department of Political Science.
National University of Colombia Bogotá headquarters
Leonardo Melo
Teacher
Department of Information Science
Faculty of Communication and Language
Pontifical Javeriana University, Bogotá
Leon Felipe Cubillos Quintero.
PhD. Sociology of Development.
Director of the research line in Sociocultural Studies and Environmental Issues. Research Professor at the Faculty of Environmental Sciences
Technological University of Pereira
Liliana Herrera Soto
Research Group on Information Science, Society and Culture.
Department of Information Science
Faculty of Communication and Language
Pontifical Javeriana University, Bogotá
Luz Marina Arteaga Henao.
delegate
Community Action Board of Matarratón, Puerto Gaitán, Meta
Luz Maritza Sierra Fandiño.
Lecturer at the National Pedagogical University
Olga Lucía Castillo Ospina
Professor
Faculty of Environmental and Rural Studies
– Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Magda Rodríguez Uribe
Professor
– Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Magnolia Aristizábal
Retired teacher
Pedagogy and Curriculum Group
University of Cauca
Marcela Rodríguez Díaz
Professor
Ignacio Martín Baro International Chair
Faculty of Psychology
– Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
María del Carmen Muñoz Millán
Historian and Anthropologist
Lecturer, Faculty of Humanities and Arts
University of the West
María Fernanda Sañudo
Researcher/lecturer
Pontifical Javeriana University, Bogotá
María Lorena Libertti Murillo
Popular University of the Peoples (Medellín)
María Lucia Rapacci Gómez
Teacher,
Ignacio Martín Baro International Chair
Faculty of Psychology
– Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
María Margarita Echeverri Barítica
Professor, Faculty of Psychology
Pontifical Javeriana University – Bogotá
María Teresa Álvarez Hoyos
Retired tenured professor
Researcher, Culture and Region Group
University of Nariño
María Virginia Pinzón Fernández
Full Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences
Health Research Group
University of Cauca
Mariana Rodríguez Patarroyo, PhD
Institute of Bioethics
Pontifical Javeriana University, Bogotá
Marilyn Machado Mosquera
Master's Degree in Education from a Diversity Perspective
University of Manizales, Colombia
Mario Alejandro Pérez Rincón
Professor, University of Valle – CINARA Institute
Member of the International Society for Ecological Economics and of the
Andean Society of Ecological Economics (SAEE)
Meléndez University City
Mario Fernando Cuéllar Montealegre
Professor, Department of Information Science
Faculty of Communication and Language
– Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Marisol Triana Perdomo
Professor, Department of Modern Languages
Faculty of Communication and Language
Pontifical Javeriana University, Bogotá
Martha Helena Corrales Carvajal
Professor, Researcher
University of Cauca
Marysol Rojas Pabón.
Research professor
Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities.
Externado University of Colombia.
Miguel Wenceslao Quintero Guzmán.
Former Professor of Chemical Engineering at the National University and the University of the Andes.
Consultant for the UNDP and the World Bank under the Montreal Protocol
Milcíades Púa Gómez
Academic Vice-Rector, Unireformada Barranquilla
Milson Betancourt Santiago
Professor at Externado University of Colombia and
National University of Colombia
Myriam de Villalobos
Retired teacher
Nadya González Romero
PhD in Social Sciences and Humanities
Research group Language, discourse and complexity
Department of Languages
Faculty of Communication and Language
– Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Nestor David Polo Rojas
Professor, Department of Information Science
Faculty of Communication and Language
– Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Nicolás Gaitán-Albarracín.
MSc Industrial Engineering
National University of Colombia
Research Group on Technologies and Innovation for Community Development – GITIDC
PEAMA Sumapaz
Nubia Janeth Ruiz Ruiz.
Associate Professor, National University of Colombia
Olver Quijano Valencia [Ph.D]
Full Professor, University of Cauca, Colombia
Patricia Botero Gómez
Professor and Researcher
Center for Independent Studies, Earth Color, University of the Earth,
Manizales-Caldas and Southwest Colombia,
Campaign Towards Another Possible Pacific
Group of Academics and Intellectuals in Defense of the Colombian Pacific
Pedro Enrique Valenzuela Gruesso
Associate Professor
Faculty of Political Science and International Relations
Piedad Ruiz Echeverry
Sociologist, Master in Communication
Titular Professor
Department of Social Communication
University of Cauca
Rosario Rojas.
Associate Professor.
National University of Colombia
Roberto Solarte
Critical Thinking and Subjectivity Group
Sonia Patricia Hernández Ocampo
Professor
Faculty of Communication and Language
– Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Sonia Torres
Professor
Pedagogical University of Colombia
Stella Sacipa
Retired research professor
Tatiana Mesa Hoyos
Professor, Department of Languages
Faculty of Communication and Language
Pontifical Javeriana University, Bogotá
Tatiana Roa Avendaño
Censat Agua Viva – Friends of the Earth Colombia
Cedla – University of Amsterdam
Vanessa Suelt Cock
Professor of Constitutional Law
Pontifical Javeriana University, Bogotá
Viviana Peña Herrera
Research team companion
Pontifical Javeriana University, Bogotá
Yelitsa Marcela Forero Reyes,
Faculty of Philosophy,
Pontifical Javeriana University, Bogotá.
Yilton Ovirne Riascos Forero, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Department of Mathematics
University of Cauca
Yolanda López Díaz.
Professor
National University of Colombia.
Vladimir Sanchez
Teacher
Industrial University of Santander
William Fernando Torres
Coordinator of the Master's Program in Conflict, Territory and Culture
South Colombian University, Neiva
International Academics
Dr. Enrique Leff
Researcher-professor
Institute for Social Research
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Boaventura de Sousa Santos
Professor – Researcher
Professor at the University of Coimbra, Portugal
Ana Esther Ceceña
Latin American Geopolitical Observatory
Institute of Economic Research, UNAM
Camille Chalmers
The PAPDA-Haiti coalition
maristella svampa
Sociologist, Writer.
Principal Investigator at the Center for Scientific and Technical Research (Conicet), Full Professor at the National University of La Plata, Argentina
Dr. John Holloway
Alfonso Vélez Pliego Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities
Benemérita Autonomous University of Puebla
Puebla, Mexico
Dr. M.Cristina Steffen Riedemann,
Research Professor of the
Metropolitan Autonomous University, Mexico City.
Beatriz Stolowicz.
Full Professor-Researcher c
Metropolitan Autonomous University-Xochimilco Unit
Mexico.
Brenda Wall,
retired Ontario Public Service Employees Union(OPSEU)
Campaigns Officer, Canada
Joan Martínez Alier
ICTA-Autonomous University of Barcelona
Sofia Marcia
Honduras
Miriam Miranda
Honduras
Pablo Ospina Peralta,
Andean University Simón Bolívar, Ecuador
Paola Andrea Vargas Moreno
PhD candidate in Political and Social Sciences, UNAM
Oscar Bazoberry Chali
Coordinator, Institute for Rural Development of South America – IPDRS
Axel Kohler,
Professor-researcher,
Chiapas, CLACSO Working Group on Bodies, Territories and Resistance
Erick Morris
Teaching in Post-Colonialisms and Global Citizenship
CES- University of Coimbra
Martha Moncada
Researcher
Sergio Elías Uribe Sierra
PhD in Rural Development UAM-X, CDMX.
Mina Kleiche-Dray.
IRD-Université de Paris, France
Rainer Schlittgen,
Emeritus Professor
University of Hamburg, Germany.
Carlos Fazio,
Research Professor of the Master's Program in Human Rights
Autonomous University of Mexico City (UACM)
Lecturer at the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences of the National University
National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
Kristina Dietz,
PhD in Political Science,
Researcher and Teacher,
Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Ulrich Brand,
Professor and Researcher of International Politics,
University of Vienna, Austria
Elizabeth Peredo Beltrán
Weaving Illusions & Bolivian Observatory of Climate Change and Development
La Paz – Bolivia
Prof. Dr. Barbara Hogenboom
Center for Latin American Studies and Documentation
University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Miriam Lang
Andean University Simón Bolívar, Ecuador campus
Luis Enrique Bazán
Associate Director for Immersions
University of San Francisco
Mariana Vallejo Ramos,
National School of Higher Studies
Morelia Unit, National Autonomous University of Mexico
Horacio Machado Aráoz
Adjunct Researcher at Conicet, Argentina
Political Ecology Research Team of the South (CITCA, CONICET-National University of Catamarca, Argentina.
Oscar Bazoberry Chali
Coordinator, Institute for Rural Development of South America – IPDRS
Bolivia
Elizabeth Bravo
Institute for Ecological Studies of the Third World
Political Ecology Group of CLACSO
Pablo Turnes
Gino Germani Research Institute
Faculty of Social Sciences – University of Buenos Aires
Bibiana Angélica Duarte Abadía
PhD researcher
University of Amsterdam
Freddy Santamaría Velasco
Coordinator of the Master's Program in Political Studies
Political Studies Research Group (A)
Research Line: Language and Action
Faculty of Political Science
Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana
Raúl Prada Alcoreza
Coordinator of Pluriverdity Oikologías
Comuna
Daniela Del Bene,
post-doctoral researcher, ICTA
Autonomous University of Barcelona
Mariana Walter, Phd.
ICTA Post-doctoral Researcher
UAB
Eduardo Correa Senior
Master in Latin American Studies
Research Professor
Postgraduate course in the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights
Autonomous University of Mexico City (UACM)
Eugenia Trigo Aza
Spain
Independent researcher
Carolina Bello,
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL,
Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Antonia Candela
Senior researcher
Center for Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV)
Felipe Milanez.
Institute of Humanities Arts and Sciences
Professor Milton Santos, Universidade Federa da Bahia
Facundo Martín
Professor at UNCuyo - Researcher at CONICET
Argentina
Verónica Gago,
CONICET researcher and teacher
Buenos Aires' University.
Raquel Gutiérrez Aguilar
Postgraduate studies in Sociology
Autonomous University of Puebla, Mexico.
Ms. Hilda Caballero Aguilar
Academic Technician and doctoral candidate at the Institute of Economic Research of the National Autonomous University of Mexico
Jaime Paneque-Gálvez,
Research Associate C,
Center for Research in Environmental Geography,
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Sara Barrasa García
Research Associate C,
Center for Research in Environmental Geography,
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Alejandra P. Larrazábal de la Vía,
Academic Technician, Center for Research in Environmental Geography,
National Autonomous University of Mexico
America Alejandra Navarro Lopez,
PhD candidate in Geography,
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Oscar David Sanchez Calderon,
PhD candidate in Geography,
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Irene Pérez Llorente,
PhD candidate in Geography,
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Dulce María Rosas Rangel,
PhD candidate in Geography,
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Nicolás Vargas Ramírez,
PhD candidate in Geography,
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Erandi Maldonado Villalpando,
PhD candidate in Geography,
National Autonomous University of Mexico
José Luis Caballero Camacho,
PhD candidate in Geography,
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Noelia Lazcano Hernández,
PhD candidate in Geography,
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Fernanda Tomasini,
PhD candidate in Geography,
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Edwin Óscar Mendoza Vargas,
PhD candidate in Geography,
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Israel Hernández López,
PhD candidate in Geography,
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Norma Angélica Rodríguez Valladares,
PhD candidate in Geography,
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Anahí Cárdenas Nielsen,
PhD candidate in Geography,
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Jorge Sánchez Valdéz,
PhD candidate in Geography,
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Alethia Danae Vargas Silva
PhD candidate in Geography
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Aleli Janette Cortes Vargas,
PhD candidate in Geography,
National Autonomous University of Mexico
David Garrido Rojas
PhD candidate in Geography
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Valerio Castro López
PhD candidate in Geography
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Edith Merlo Reyes
Master in Geography
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Lorena Navarro Mine
Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities of the
BUAP, Mexico
Area of Community Networks and Forms of the Political,
Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities of the BUAP, Mexico
Jackie McVicar, Canada
Andrew Higginbottom
Faculty of Business and Social Sciences,
Kingston University
Penrhyn Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT1 2EE
Lucrecia Wagner
Researcher at CONICET – Argentina.
Dr. Maria Cytlak
Independent researcher
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Silvia Tamez González
Professor-researcher
Metropolitan Autonomous University of Mexico
Magdalena León,
Working Group on Feminisms, Resistances and Emancipatory Processes
CLACSO. Ecuador
Enrique González Ruiz,
Lawyer, professor at UNAM.
Gennaro Carotenuto,
Teacher. Contemporary History.
University of Macerata, Italy
Dr. Camilo Pérez-Bustillo
Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS),
Stanford University (California, United States)
Juan Carlos Monedero
Department of Political Science and Administration II
Faculty of Political Sciences and Sociology
Complutense University of Madrid
Aideé Tassinari,
Professor
Intercollegiate Research Group in Political Ecology
Autonomous University of Mexico City
Erik Gomez-Baggethun.
Professor of environmental governance.
Norwegian University of Life Sciences.
Jorge Enrique Sanchez Segura.
Chemical Engineer, National University. Master of Science in Environment
Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil).
Environmental Consultant
Dr. Eva Youkhana. Acting Director, Project leader.
Center for Development Research,
University of Bonn, Germany
Antonio Rogmann.
Center for Development Research, University of Bonn, Germany.
Nelly Cubillos A.
Doc. Social Sciences and Humanities
CLACSO Working Group on Emancipatory Feminist Economics
José Cueva Vera,
Cotacachi – Intag – Ecuador
Yael Estefania Henkel Rico,
Master's student in Architecture and Sustainable Design,
University of the Environment, Mexico
José Francisco Vargas González,
Master's student in Socio-environmental Projects
University of the Environment, Mexico
Laura Rocío Vesga Villalba
Arrupe Observatory of Human Rights
University of San Francisco – California, USA
Gemma Gómez Castillo,
PhD candidate in Geography,
Autonomous University of Mexico
Casandra Lorelei Arellano Gil.
Master's student in Educational Innovation,
University of the Environment, Mexico
Laura Edelmira Cárdenas Barahona
Master's student in Architecture and Sustainable Design,
University of the Environment, Mexico
Pedro Antonio González Vargas
Master's student in Socio-environmental Projects,
University of the Environment, Mexico
Johanna Shorack
Master's student in Environmental Law and Public Policy,
University of the Environment, Mexico
Gabriela Merlinsky
Independent Researcher at CONICET, Argentina.
Alejandra Santillana Ortiz,
Researcher at the Institute of Ecuadorian Studies and
Observatory of Rural Change.
Gustavo García López
Assistant Professor,
Graduate School of Planning,
University of Puerto Rico – Rio Piedras
Verónica Gago,
CONICET researcher and teacher
Buenos Aires' University.
Mónica López Baltodano
PopolNa Foundation
Raquel Gutiérrez Aguilar
Postgraduate studies in Sociology
Autonomous University of Puebla, Mexico.
Facundo Martín
Professor at UNCuyo - Researcher at CONICET
Argentina
Carina Grajales Veerkamp,
Master's student in Geography,
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Women for Dialogue, Mexico
International Christian Service of Solidarity with the Peoples of Latin America,
Monsignor Oscar A. Romero. Mexico
Our America Solidarity Movement, Mexico
Xochitl Leyva,
Researcher-professor,
Chiapas, CLACSO Working Group on Bodies, Territories and Resistance
Junia Marusia,
Brazilian research professor,
CLACSO Working Group on Bodies, Territories and Resistance
Edgar Naranjo,
Colombian doctoral candidate in Barcelona,
CLACSO Working Group on Bodies, Territories and Resistance
Fernanda Carvajal,
Postdoctoral Researcher, Gino Germani Institute.
Buenos Aires' University.
Mario Cruz Cruz,
Mexican School of Geopolitics
Jorge Lora Cam
Research professor.
Retired ICSYH-BUAP
Manuel Bertoldi.
National University of La Plata, Argentina
Nubia Stella Lindo Rojas
(E) PhD in Latin American Studies UNAM
Enrique Rajchenberg
Teacher
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Carlos Cortez Ruiz,
Full Professor C,
Coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Research Program "Human Development",
Metropolitan Autonomous University, Mexico
Dr. David Gutiérrez Castañeda
National School of Higher Studies
Morelia Unit, UNAM
Emiliano Teran Mantovani
Central University of Venezuela.
Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Political Ecology Observatory of Venezuela
Dr. José Alfonso Bouzas Ortiz
Researcher at the Institute of Economic Research, UNAM
Pablo Vommaro.
Professor and researcher at the University of Buenos Aires.
Franck Gaudichaud,
Professor-researcher in Latin American Studies.
Grenoble Alpes University, France
MSc. Maydi Estrada Bayona
Havana Casa Particular |University of Havana
Cuba
Mario José Sánchez González
Nicaragua
Aída Sofía Rivera Sotelo
PhD candidate in Social Anthropology
University of California, Davis, USA
Pabel López
CIDES-UMSA (Bolivia)
CLACSO Working Group on Disputed Territories and R-existence
Ms. Andrea Fernández
UNAM
Postgraduate studies in Latin American Studies
PhD candidate, UACM
Academic Advisor. Galatea Program
Academic Coordinator
Dr. Aida Luz López
Research Professor
Intercollegiate Research Group in Political Ecology
Autonomous University of Mexico City
Claudius Katz
Teacher
University of Buenos Aires
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Institute of Economic Research, UNAM
Oscar Ugarteche
Institute of Economic Research, UNAM
Julio Cesar Guanche.
Cuban researcher and professor.
Elder Andrade de Paula
Latin American Geopolitical Observatory
Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro
Carlos Ernesto Motto
Sociology lecturer.
Buenos Aires' University.
Aurelio Alonso
Cuban sociologist and essayist
Deputy Director of the Casa de las Américas magazine
Marlene Nieves Pupo,
RR II CDR National Official.
Cuba
Ricardo Salas Astrain
Researcher at NEII UC in Temuco – Chile
Dr. Juan Wahren
GER-GEMSAL Coordinator
IIGG-UBA
CONICET Assistant Researcher
Member of the CLACSO Working Group on Critical Studies of Rural Development
David Herrera Santana
Teacher
Faculty of Philosophy and Letters / UNAM
José Antonio Gutiérrez
Professor of the module «Conflict
Zones, Case Studies: Colombia» in the Master's program in Race, Ethnicity and Conflict at Trinity
College Dublin (2015-2017)
PhD from University College Dublin
Miriam Miranda
OFRANEH
Honduras
Inmaculada María Rodríguez Collado,
Retired teacher.
Canary Islands. Spain
Jorge Ventocilla
Center for Latin American Studies (CELA-Justo Arosemena), Panama.
CLACSO Working Groups
Political Ecology Working Group
Working Group on Bodies, Territories and Resistance
Working Group on Anti-capitalisms and emerging socialities
Working Group on disputed territorialities and r-existence
Working Group on Neoliberalism, Development and Public Policy
This statement expresses the position of the signatory academics and not necessarily that of the centers and institutions that make up the CLACSO international network, its Steering Committee or its Executive Secretariat.
